3-Sec. IV) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Fit, Aug. 3, '58
CenfFai Oregon Beckons
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Facatfoirerg Ore tfte Plateau Beyond the Cascades Meet Rugged Grandeur
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daa' Stata Park, cavarinf vaat araa af gaalagte intaraatlchtfrM Rivw thraadt Ha anciant way, craating a vast vacation mavamantt in anciant yaar to form a pauagaway which it iO fWt high inlttoppod, it had laft a twnnal mora than a mila long. Tha tunnal can now ha
ha Cantral Orogon batwoan Madraa and Radmand. ThrawghracraaHM araa far fwharroan and aightMor. . aomo placaa and almoat at wida. Sciantitta aay that a maniva mavamantaxplorod by viaitora who ara pravidad with lantarna at tha park haadquartan.
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New Climate Just Hours Away
Vatttloa plaanera la the Willamette Valley, anxioui to get to a new climate and a
cfcaagt af aceaery without ipeading preeloui dayi In travel, will find the ISO milea of
trivlaf aver tha Santlam Paia rewarding. i
The dry, warm climate of Central Oregon is just a few motoring hours away. Many
af tha area'a recreational feature center around the Bend, Redmond, Prineviile triangle '
with tha Lava Cares ana af the tourists' favorites. Where wind and stream have worn the
oil away ta the hare rocks, tome rare colors have been unearthed, tuch as at the Cova
Palisades Park along the Deschutes River, In the Crooked River Canyon and in the Paint-'
ed mill Stata Park. East Lake and Paulina Like as well as the Deschutes River provide
excellent opportunities for fishing.
The pictures aa this page, which provide a glimpse of the Central Oregon recrea
ttaaal area, ara courtesy of the Oregon State Highway Commission Travel Bureau.
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Shaep raising It an important agricultural pursuit in Cantral Orogon. This band of shop la in tha Redmond area.
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Itoin't Pillar, a solid rock pillar en a natural rack aodastal,
atanda 350 foot high and 120 foot In diameter an tha Mill
Crook read, eight miles off af U. S. Highway 2a in the
Ochaca National Forest, and oast af Prineviile.
This ! fort and village was used as location for filming of the movie, "The Indian Fighter,
starring Kirk Douglas. The stockade it preserved at Its location near Benham Falls, south
weet of lend, off North Century Drive, at a permanent attraction in the Central Oregon
recreation area.
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Palnrod Hills State Park la located northwest af Mitchell via the Burnt Ranch I the Painted Hills. Tha strata ara usually gray ta buff but aametimea ahow
BaaaL Hera ara ahewa eame af tha pastel reek fermatiena which farm larilllant aaleratlen In ahadea af red, green and blue.
Familiar landmark at Paulina lake, southeast of Bend, it stately
anow-crevassod Paulina Peak. The lake bed and peak ara
both parti af an ancient volcano, Mt. Newberry and together
with nearby East Lake, tha area is known at Newberry Crater.
Today, both latt and Paulina lakes are popular fishing reterti
with eabini and beat available at Paulina lake.